Rectangle Cut Demantoid: faces up larger for its weight
Brilliance 46 · Fire 86 · Scintillation 63 · in our census, where the T73 scores 97 · 84 · 80 in demantoid
How the Rectangle Cut handles light in demantoid, measured: brilliance 46, fire 86 and 46% leakage, set against the T73 in the same stone and against the same cut in diamond.
Light Return map of the Rectangle Cut in demantoid, face-up, from our own tracer at refractive index 1.881. Red, green and blue return light to the eye; gray leaks.
Rectangle Cut Demantoid
Demantoid has a refractive index of 1.881 to 1.888 and a dispersion of 0.057. Its critical angle, from the low end of that range, is 32.1°, so a round design needs a pavilion of at least 37.0° for head-on light to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. We trace it with one index, 1.885, the midpoint of the published range, and a fire spread of 0.049, 0.86 of the published dispersion. Every picture here is our Light Return tracer at 1.881, and every figure is from the same light census that scores the other gemstones; the 3D Gemstone Simulator shows the Rectangle Cut in demantoid live.
The Rectangle Cut has 45 facets and a total depth of 62.0% of its width; its pavilion mains sit at 33.5°. In demantoid, the census returns 46 of 100 for brilliance and 86 for fire, against 97 and 84 for the T73, our benchmark, in the same stone; the same Rectangle Cut in diamond reads 50 and 77.
Is demantoid good in a Rectangle? Pros and cons, measured
Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid and with the Rectangle Cut in diamond.
A difference counts from 3 points (Brilliance, Fire, Tilt, Leakage), 5 (Scintillation,
Symmetry), 4% (face-up size per carat) or 5% (weight); Tilt counts as a pro only for a stone within
5 points of the brilliance it is compared with. How we measure.
All eight scores against the T73
At a glance: the Rectangle Cut in demantoid (white) against the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid (dashed): solid white where
it reaches further, hatched where it falls short. Each pro and con is explained, with pictures, below.
Against the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid: ahead on 1, level on 2, behind on 5.
Global66, the comparison 90, difference −24
Brilliance46, the comparison 97, difference −51
Fire86, the comparison 84, difference +2
Scintillation63, the comparison 80, difference −17
Spread100, the comparison 100, difference 0
Symmetry100, the comparison 100, difference 0
Shape-norm60, the comparison 104, difference −44
Tilt73, the comparison 79, difference −6
Face-up light census, a different measure from the Cut Grading Tool; Spread and Shape-norm above 100 sit on the ring. Spread is the census's estimate from depth alone; the face-up size in the pros and cons is measured from each model's outline. Open it in the Cut Performance Wheel; these are the same census figures as our Cut Performance Index.
What the Rectangle Cut gains in demantoid
Faces up larger for its weight
Face-up size 121 against 100 for the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid (T73 = 100): 21% more face-up area for the same weight
Face-up size is the outline's area per carat, measured from each model (T73 = 100): 121 for the Rectangle Cut against 100 for the T73. The same volume spread over a longer or shallower outline shows more face for the weight; it is the same in every stone, because specific gravity scales every cut alike.
Rectangle Cut · 7.42 x 4.92 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 121
T73 Round Brilliant · 6.29 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 100
Both stones weigh 1.00 ct in demantoid and are drawn to the same scale in millimeters, from each cut's own model. Face-up size is the outline's area per carat, with the T73 at 100: a deeper stone, or a rounder outline, spreads less area for its weight.
Fire 86 against 77 for the Rectangle Cut in diamond: 9 points higher
Fire is the share of the returned light that splits into color at the exit facet: the census traces each exit again at the refractive index minus and plus the fire spread (0.049 in demantoid) and counts a ray as fire when the two directions differ by more than 0.6°. The Rectangle Cut reads 86 against 77 for the same cut in diamond. The figure is the census's; the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders demantoid's fire live.
The fire figure is the census's, traced at the refractive index minus and plus the fire spread. See the fire in the 3D Gemstone Simulator: the Rectangle Cut in demantoid under the sunny-day lighting.
Brilliance 46 against 97 for the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid: 51 points lower
Brilliance is the share of the 3,200 census rays that enter the stone and come back out of the crown towards the viewer. In demantoid, whose critical angle is 32.1°, the Rectangle Cut returns 46 of 100 and the T73 97. The Rectangle Cut's pavilion mains sit at 33.5°, the T73's at 40.8°. The maps below show where each stone's light returns from and where it leaks.
Rectangle Cut in demantoid · Brilliance 46
T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid · Brilliance 97
Red, green and blue = light returning to the eye; gray = leakage, light that leaves heading down or stays inside. This is the head-on view; the Brilliance score averages a wider cone of light, so the score can differ from what one picture shows.
Leakage 46 against 3 for the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid: 43 points higher
Leakage is the share of the census rays that enter the stone and leave through the pavilion, or through the crown heading down. The Rectangle Cut leaks 46% in demantoid against 3% for the T73 in demantoid. Grey in the maps below is leaking light; the share under each picture is that picture's own.
Rectangle Cut in demantoid · Leakage 46
0° · 43% leak
10° · 48% leak
20° · 57% leak
30° · 61% leak
T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid · Leakage 3
0° · 1% leak
10° · 6% leak
20° · 17% leak
30° · 29% leak
Each frame is the Light Return map with the stone tilted away from you by the angle shown; gray is leakage. The share under each frame is that picture's own.
Scintillation 63 against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant in demantoid: 17 points lower
Scintillation follows the number of facets the stone shows: 100 × (1 − e^(−facets / 45)). The Rectangle Cut has 45 facets and the T73 73, so 63 against 80. It depends on the geometry alone, so it is the same in every stone.
Scintillation follows the number of facets: more facets, more and smaller flashes as the stone moves. Compare the facet counts under the drawings; each drawing shows only the crown. Drawn from each cut's own model.
What helps:the DG-Miliano reads 98 for scintillation in demantoid, the best of the cuts we score there.
Tilt 73 against 85 for the Rectangle Cut in diamond: 12 points lower
Tilt is how much of its face-up brilliance a stone keeps when the census tilts it 20° about its long axis, with 2,200 rays. The Rectangle Cut keeps 73 against 85 for the same cut in diamond. The tilt strips below show the maps at 0°, 10°, 20° and 30°, with each picture's own leak share under it.
Rectangle Cut in demantoid · Tilt 73
0° · 43% leak
10° · 48% leak
20° · 57% leak
30° · 61% leak
Rectangle Cut in diamond · Tilt 85
0° · 35% leak
10° · 35% leak
20° · 37% leak
30° · 45% leak
Tilt is how much of its own face-up light a stone keeps when tilted. Each frame is the Light Return map with the stone tilted away from you by the angle shown; gray is leakage. The share under each frame is that picture's own.
What helps:the DG-M5 reads 89 for tilt in demantoid, the best of the cuts we score there.
Pick the Rectangle Cut in demantoid for this: it faces up larger for its weight and shows more fire than in diamond. The catch: it returns less light than the T73, leaks more light than the T73, has fewer facets to sparkle with and loses more light when tilted than in diamond.
If that catch matters more to you, the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows reads 97 for brilliance in demantoid, the best of the cuts we score there.
Every figure on this page is from our light census, traced at one refractive index: a simulation of the geometry, not a grading report. The 3D files and cutting files below are the same Rectangle Cut model we traced.
Rectangle Cut Demantoid: questions
Is the Rectangle a good cut for demantoid?
In our census the Rectangle Cut returns 46 of 100 for brilliance and 86 for fire in demantoid, against 97 and 84 for the T73 in the same stone. Against that round and against the same cut in diamond it has 2 pros and 4 cons by our thresholds; the summary above names them.
What pavilion angle does demantoid need?
At least 37.0° for a round design: demantoid's critical angle is 32.1°, from the low end of its refractive index range, and head-on light has to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. The Rectangle Cut's pavilion mains sit at 33.5°.
How much does a Rectangle weigh in demantoid?
At 6.5 mm across, 2.30 ct in demantoid, against 2.10 ct for the same cut in diamond (+9%): demantoid's specific gravity is 3.85, diamond's 3.52.
Can I see the Rectangle in demantoid in 3D?
Yes: the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders it live, with demantoid's own refractive index and dispersion. Demantoid is traced by the same light census as the other gemstones, with its refractive index and fire spread derived from published values, so its scores are on the same scale; the pictures here are our Light Return tracer, and the Cut Performance Wheel sets it against any other cut and stone.
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